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Kayaking References

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Many of these references can be purchased online from: The Adventurous Traveller Bookstore

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Books

Equipment, Techniques, and Instruction
  • British Canoe Union Instructor's manual
  • Burch, David. Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation. Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1987.
  • Diaz, Ralph. The Complete Folding Kayaker. McGraw-Hill (Ragged Mountain Press) 1994.
  • Dowd, John. Sea Kayaking-A Manual for Long-Distance Touring. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988.
  • Foster, Nigel. Sea Kayaking.
  • Harrison, David. Sea Kayaking Basics. Hearst Marine Books, 1993.
  • Hutchinson, Derek. Derek C. Hutchinson's Guide to Sea Kayaking. Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1985.
  • Hutchinson, Derek. Sea Canoeing. 3rd ed. London: A. & C. Black (Publishers) Ltd., 1984.
  • Hutchinson, Derek. Eskimo Rolling. Camden, ME: Ragged Mountain Press, 1992.
  • Jeffs, Howard. Practical Guide to Sea Kayaking.
  • Petersen, H. C. Instruction in Kayak Building. Roskilde, Denmark: Greenland Provincial Museum and Viking Ship Museum, 1982.
  • Price, Brian Fundamentals Of Coastal Kayaking Manual for Instructors American Canoe Association National Coastal Kayaking Commitee, 1989
  • Ramwell, J.J. Sea Touring. Huntingdon, Cambs.: John J. Ramwell, 1976.
  • Sanders, Williams. Kayak Touring. Stackpole Books, 1984.
  • Seidman, D. The Essential Sea Kayaker. Camden, ME: Ragged Mountain Press, 1992.
  • Washburne, Randel. Coastal Kayaking Manual.
Adventure
  • Brower, Kenneth. The Starship and the Canoe. Harper & Row, 1978.
  • Caffyn, Paul. Cresting the Restless Waves-North Island Kayak Odyssey. Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Canoeing Association and Paul Caffyn, 1987.
  • Caffyn, Paul. Dark Side of the Wave-Stewart Island Kayak Odyssey. Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Canoeing Association, 1987.
  • Caffyn, Paul. Dreamtime Voyage. RD 1, Runanga, Westland, NZ: Kayak Dundee Press, 1994.
  • Caffyn, Paul. Obscured by Waves-South Island Canoe Odyssey. Dunedin, NZ: John Mcindoe, 1979.
  • Lindemann, Hannes. Alone At Sea. Pollner Verlag, 1993.
  • Lloyd-Jones, R. Argonauts of the Western Isles, Sea Kayaking off Scotland's West Coast.
  • Nordby, Will. Seekers of the Horizon: Sea Kayaking Voyages From Around the World. Globe Pequot Press, 1989.
  • Phillips, C.E. Lucas. Cockleshell Heroes. Weyman & Sons, 1957.
  • Rice, Larry. Gathering Paradise: Alaska Wilderness Journeys. Fulcrum Publishing, 1990.
  • Rogers, Joel. The Hidden Coast. Alaska Northwest Books, 1991.
  • Taylor, B. Commitment and Open Crossing.
  • Theroux, Paul. The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific. Putnam, 1992.
  • Wilson, B. Blazing Paddles.
History
  • Adney, Edward, & Howard Chapelle. The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America. Washington D.C.; Smithsonian Institution, 1964.
  • Altenhofer, Ursula and Christian. Der Handernkahn. Pollner Verlag, 1989.
  • Arima, Eugene Y. Inuit Kayaks in Canada: A Review of Historical Records and Construction. Ottawa National Museums of Canada, 1987.
  • Brand, John. The Little Kayak Book-Museum Kayaks: Five Surveys with some details of equipment; History of each as far as it is known. Colchester, Essex: John Brand, 1984.
  • Chapman, Spencer. Northern Lights. London: Chatto and Windus, 1932.
  • Chapman, Spencer. Watkins' Last Expedition. London: Chatto and Windus, 1934.
  • Dyson, George. Baidarka. Edmonds, WA: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, 1986.
  • Kissner, Jack. Foldboat Holidays. Creative Holiday Guides, 1945.
  • Nansen, Fridtjof. Eskimo Life. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1893.
  • Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North, Two vols. London: Georege Newnes, Ltd., 1898.
  • Nansen, Fridtjof. The First Crossing of Greenland. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892.
  • Peterson, H. C. Skinboats of Greenland. Roskilde, Denmark: Greenland Provincial Museum and Viking Ship Museum, 1986.
  • Zimmerly, David W. Hooper Bay Kayak Construction. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1979.
  • Zimmerly, David W. QAJAQ-Kayaks of Siberia and Alaska. Juneau, AK: Division of State Museums, 1986.
Guidebooks
  • Ince, John and Kottner, Hedi. Sea Kayaking Canada's West Coast. Raxas Books, 1982.
  • Jettmar, Karen. The Alaska River Guide. Alaska Northwest Books, 1993.
  • Venn, Tamsin. Sea Kayaking Along the New England Coast. Appalachian Mountain Club, 1991.
  • Washburne, Randel. Kayak Trips in Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands. The Mountaineers, 1986.
  • Washburne, Randel. The Coastal Kayaker: Kayak Camping on the Alaska and B.C. Coast. Globe Pequot Press, 1983.
Other
  • Anderson, Bob. Stretching. Bolinas, CA: Shelter Publications, 1991.
  • Bascom, Willard. Waves and Beaches. Doubleday, 1980.
  • Daniel, Linda. Kayak Cookery-A Handbook of Provisions and Recipes. Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1986.
  • Forgey, Wm. Wilderness Medicine. ICS Books, Inc., Merrilville, IN: 1987.
  • Forgey, Wm. Hypothermia-Death by Exposure. ICS Books, Inc., Merrilville, IN: 1985.
  • Ilg, Steve. The Outdoor Athlete. Evergreen, CO: Cordillera Press, 1989.
  • Roberts, Harry. Movin' Out. Stone Wall Press, 1979.
  • Trefil, James. A Scientist at the Seashore. Collier Books, 1984.
  • Tricker, R.A.R. Bores, Breakers, Waves and Wakes. London: Mills & Boon, 1964.
  • Wilkerson, James, ed. Hypothermia, Frostbite and Other Cold Injuries. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1986.
  • Wilkerson, James. Medicine for Mountaineering, 4th ed. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1992.
  • Williams, Margaret. The Boater's Weather Guide. Cornell Maritime Press, 1990.

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Magazines

  • ANorAK
    34 East Queens Way
    Hampton, VA 23669
  • Atlantic Coastal Kayaker
    Box 520
    Ipswich MA 01938
    Phone: (508)356-2057
  • Canoe and Kayak
    P.O. Box 3146
    Kirkland, WA 98083
  • Folding Kayaker newsletter
    PO Box 0754
    New York, NY 10024
    Phone: (212)724-5069
    Internet: rdiaz@ix.netcom.com
    author of the folding kayak portion of the FAQ; he will respond to all e-mail, phone calls and snail mail
  • Paddler Magazine
    4061 Oceanside Blvd., Suite M
    Oceanside, CA 92056
    Phone: (619)630-2293
  • Sea Kayaker
    7001 Seaview Ave., NW, Suite 135
    Seattle, WA 98117
    Phone: (206)789-9536
  • Small Boat Journal
    P.O. Box 400, Rte. 9
    West Bennington, VT 05201

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Videos

  • Greenlanders at Kodiak (John Heath) 38min
    Demonstration of Greenland roll techniques
  • Qajaq Klubben (John Heath), 80min
    Video from a kayak club in Greenland, showing Greenland paddling and roll techniques. Energetic and fascinating, but narrated in Greenlandic!
John Heath's videos can be obtained from him at:

John Heath
5403 County Road 4
Damon, TX 77430
Phone:(409)742-3880

  • Palos Brudefaerd (sp), Bob Boucher
  • Build Your Own Sea Kayak! (Bob Boucher)
    On building a West Greenland style skin and frame kayak
  • Over and Out! - sea kayak rescues
  • What next? - sea kayak rescues
  • Performance Sea Kayaking. The basics and beyond. (Kent Ford)

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